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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2015 Aug 28;41(11):2938–2954. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.07.016

Figure 9. Histotripsy Treatment Pictures: Ultrasound Heated Samples.

Figure 9

Morphological analysis of bovine tissues treated with thermal HIFU followed by histotripsy demonstrated similar results to controlled heating experiments. Results showed an increase in susceptibility to histotripsy for tongue, liver, and tendon heated with ultrasound at a peak temperature of ~60°C. Tongue and liver samples heated with ultrasound at a peak temperature of ~90°C were less susceptible to histotripsy while tendon became more susceptible to histotripsy after heating at ~90°C.